Puget Sound, Washington Fishing Report Today

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound fishing. It's Friday morning, December 19th, 2025, and we're lookin' at a classic winter setup out here in the Sound. Weather from the National Weather Service shows south winds 15 to 20 knots through tonight, waves around 2 feet or less, and a good chance of rain—bundle up and watch for that Small Craft Advisory lingerin' in spots like Hood Canal. Sunrise hit about 8 AM, sunset around 4:15 PM, so you've got a short window before dark.

Tides are key this time of year—check NOAA for your spot, but expect strong ebbs pushin' fish into shallower bays. Fish activity's pickin' up with winter Chinook and Coho holdin' in deeper channels, per local charter reports like FishingBooker. Recent catches? Salmon leads the pack—kings and silvers trollin' steady, plus Lingcod and Rockfish stackin' limits offshore. Bull trout are around in Puget Sound tributaries too, though they're sensitive, so stick to regs. Limits been solid: 4-6 salmon per rod on good days, Rockfish haulin' 10-15 per trip.

Best lures right now? Troll with King Salmon rigs—spoons, plugs, and Jonah Jigs in chartreuse or glow for low light, as recommended by Puget Sound pros on esseg.eu. For bait, cured salmon roe crushes it for kings and steelhead, outfishin' naturals, says Gone Fishing Northwest. Berkley Gulp! Maggots are killin' panfish and perch if you're shore-bound.

Hot spots? Hit Edmonds Marina Beach Park pier for easy access—salmon and perch right off the walkway. Or steam out to central Sound near Seattle for Lingcod on the troll—Bald Eagles circlin' as bonus.

Stay safe, check WDFW for endorsements comin' Jan 1st on Columbia runs.

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We’ve got a classic winter blow rolling through. The National Weather Service marine forecast for Puget Sound and Hood Canal is calling for strong south winds 15–25 knots today, building into a full gale tonight with 25–35 knots and gusts to 45, 3–6 foot waves and steady rain. That’s small-boat-ugly, so pick your windows carefully and hug the leeward shorelines.

According to NOAA’s Seattle tide station, we’re on a strong tidal swing: a pre-dawn low just over 3 feet, a solid morning flood pushing up over 7 feet mid-morning, then draining again mid-afternoon. Those moving-water periods will be your best shot for a bite, especially that mid-morning flood when the wind and tide line up from the south.

Sunrise is right around 7:50 a.m. with sunset just before 4:20 p.m., so your prime fishable light is a short window: first light through late morning, then a brief dusk flurry if the wind allows.

Winter fishing in the Sound is all about opportunity species. Local reports from tackle shops around Edmonds, Shilshole and Tacoma Narrows say blackmouth chinook have been showing in modest numbers, with anglers picking a few legal fish per boat on good days and plenty of shakers to keep rods bouncing. Resident coho are scattered but still showing for folks running smaller gear high in the column. Dungeness crab has been decent where seasons remain open, with a lot of folks doing better on mid-depth sand flats rather than right on the dropoffs.

For gear, think classic Puget Sound winter setups. Running a Pro-Troll style flasher or 11-inch paddle with a 3.5 ace-high spoon, Coho Killer, or small glow hoochie has been the ticket for blackmouth. Most locals are fishing 80–140 feet down off downriggers, dragging slow—about 2.2 to 2.6 knots at the ball. Green glow, Irish cream, and Cop Car patterns are all producing. Herring strips or small whole herring behind a flasher are still hard to beat if you can find good bait; brined blue-label cut-plugged tight has out-fished hardware more than once this week.

Bank anglers working piers like Edmonds and Des Moines are scratching out a mix of flounder and the odd resident coho or blackmouth on metal jigs and herring. A 1–2 ounce Nordic-style jig in herring or candlefish colors, worked near bottom with a flutter on the drop, is your best bet. Tip it with a bit of herring for extra scent if the bite is slow.

Couple of hotspots to circle on the chart:

• **Possession Bar** – Classic winter blackmouth water. Work the east side during the flood, west on the ebb. Use your sounder, stay tight to bait marks in 120–150 feet, and keep gear just off bottom so you’re occasionally tapping the mud.

• **Point Defiance/Tahlequah line** – Tacoma Narrows has been giving up a nice mix of keeper blackmouth and good crab. Troll the shelf edges in 90–140 feet, watch that fast tide, and run heavy lead or deeper rigger drops to stay in the strike zone.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling. It's Monday morning, December 15th, and man, this weather's got us on edge. NOAA's Marine Zone Forecast calls for a Gale Warning through 4 PM today—south winds kicking up to 25-35 knots in Admiralty Inlet and Hood Canal, with waves building. Stay safe out there; small craft advisory all around. Skies are rainy, temps hovering mid-40s, but if you bundle up, there's fish to be had.

Sunrise hit around 8 AM, sunset by 4:15 PM, so make those daylight hours count. Tides in Puget Sound per TidesChart and NOAA at Tacoma: low at 1:37 AM (8.58 ft), high 12:32 PM (11.66 ft), dropping to low 7:47 PM (1.16 ft). Best bites during major times 6:54-8:54 AM lunar transit and evening moon up—fish the moving water, especially incoming around noon.

Action's been steady despite the blow. Locals report limits of perch stacking up on 3-hook dropshot rigs with worm tips, per Gone Fishing Northwest tips. Dungeness crab pots are firing off in calmer spots. Salmon's tough this winter—pinks and sockeye ghosts from fall, but coho and chins lingering in rivers feeding the Sound. Hatchery news from Petersburg Pilot notes king mortality up north from heat, but Puget's holding with Dolly Varden and cutthroats active in estuaries. Troll hoochie rigs or buzz bombs for pinks if you find 'em schooling.

Top lures: UV hoochies on a sockeye rig, glow buzz bombs for salmon, dropshots for perch. Bait? Nightcrawlers or herring strips—can't beat 'em this cold.

Hot spots if winds ease: Mukilteo pier for perch and crab, or Point No Point in Hansville for bottom bouncers. Watch those floods—National Guard's sandbagging lowlands per FOX13.

Bundle up, check lines, and fish smart.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for this crisp December morning. Sun's up around 7:07 AM and sets at 4:39 PM, giving us about 9.5 hours of light. Weather's holding steady at 53°F air temp, water sitting at 49°F—chilly but fishable if you bundle up.

Tides today: Low at midnight around -0.75 ft in spots like Edmonds, high pushing 10.6 ft by 7:25 AM, then low 6.63 ft at 12:46 PM and high 9.78 ft at 5:48 PM. Best bites line up with major windows 6:54-8:54 AM and evening lunar transits—hit those moving tides hard.

Fish action's slowing post-fall runs, but blackmouth are on the rise after waning coho and chum, per recent Puget Sound Seattle Fishing Report updates. NW Sportsman Mag notes Dungeness crabbers in Eastern Straits, San Juans, and Admiralty Inlet wrapping strong 2025 hauls—surveys dropping soon. Salmon forecasts hint at big pink returns next year, but right now, target resident cutthroat and bottom dwellers. Limits are modest, few salmon reported lately, more crab and rockfish action.

Gear up with pink salmon jigs or rasticle sockeye lures from Gone Fishing NW tips—they jig well in current. Live herring or squid strips for bait on spreads; artificials like small spoons shine in clear water.

Hot spots: Browns Bay near Edmonds for shore jigging, and Gig Harbor marinas—seals splashing, easy access, fresh bites.

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We’re on small winter tides now. Seattle tide tables from Tides4Fishing show a pre-dawn low around 4:45 a.m. at about a foot and a solid midday high just after lunch, a bit over 11 feet, with an evening ebb pulling things down again. That translates to mellow current early, then a nice push mid‑day for moving bait and turning on the bite.

Sunrise is right around 7:10 a.m., sunset about 4:30 p.m. according to Tides4Fishing’s Seattle tables. Dress for a classic gray Sound day: cool temps in the low 40s, light wind under 10 knots, patchy rain showers, and decent visibility based on local marine forecasts out of Seattle.

Fish activity is what you’d expect for early winter. According to recent reports compiled on “Puget Sound, Washington Fishing Today” on Spreaker, the focus has shifted to **blackmouth** (resident Chinook), lingering **chum**, and solid **Dungeness crab** in select areas. Blackmouth have been coming in ones and twos per boat for folks working structure and bait edges on the mid‑day tide; fish are running 4–8 pounds with the odd larger keeper. Chum reports are tapering, but a few pods are still showing in the Central Sound and South Sound, mostly smaller bucks. Crabbing has been decent where seasons remain open, with recreational crabbers in Admiralty Inlet and the eastern Straits reporting enough legal Dungies for a meal, according to Northwest Sportsman Magazine’s recent headlines and WDFW outreach mentioned there.

Best gear right now: for blackmouth, locals are doing well trolling **3–3.5 inch spoons** in herring or glow patterns behind an 11‑inch flasher, or running **plug‑cut herring** just off bottom on the downrigger. Small **hoochie‑flasher** combos in green glow and purple haze are also producing, echoing the Puget Sound salmon setups outlined on GoneFishingNW’s jigging and hoochie articles. Keep leads short (28–42 inches) and work 80–140 feet over humps and ledges. For bank anglers targeting late coho or stray chum, **chartreuse or pink twitching jigs**, and **1/2–1 ounce metal jigs** in herring colors are still worth a swing around creek mouths on the flood.

For crab, stick with classic **chicken backs, fish carcasses, or salmon frames** in weighted pots, soaked on the edges of eelgrass and 60–90 feet of water. Fresh, oily bait is making a difference on these slower winter tides.

Couple local hot spots for you:

• **Jeff Head / Kingston side** – A consistent winter blackmouth area. Work the contour breaks on the mid‑tide push, trolling tight to bottom with spoons and herring.

• **Point No Point / Pilot Point** – Another go‑to for resident Chinook. Start on the south side on the incoming, then slide north as the current builds.

Close‑to‑town backup: **Rich Passage and the Bainbridge shoreline** can quietly kick out blackmouth for folks who hug the structure and stay in that bait zone.

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We’re sitting under another wet Pacific blast, with the National Weather Service and local outlets talking about an atmospheric river and flooding in parts of western Washington. Expect **steady rain, low 50s, breezy south wind**, and dirty water in the rivers pushing more fish into the salt and closer to shore. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, back‑to‑back systems are sliding over the Sound right now, so plan on fast‑changing barometer and plenty of runoff.

Sunrise is right around **7:45 a.m.** with sunset about **4:15 p.m.**, so your prime windows are the first two hours of daylight and the last hour and a half before dark. On these short gray days, that low light really helps the bite.

Tides in central Puget Sound today are running **moderate**: a decent morning flood, a midday high, then a draining afternoon ebb. That afternoon outgoing around the points and rips has been money for feeding bait and staging salmon.

Out on the water, anglers this past week have been picking at **resident coho (“blackmouth-sized silvers”) and winter chinook**, plus plenty of **flounder and sand dabs** for the kids. A few diehards are still finding **late chum** along the eastern shoreline and in the lower tidewater stretches. Reports from local tackle shops and dock talk around Shilshole and Narrows marinas say the numbers aren’t wild, but the **average chinook size is solid**, with a good mix of legal and unders.

Best producers right now:

- **Trolling gear:** 11‑inch green or chartreuse flasher with a 24–36" leader to a **3–3.5" spoon** in Irish Cream, Herring Aid, or Cop Car.

- **Hoochies:** White, glow, or green spatter‑back squid with a small strip of herring or herring scent.

- **Mooched bait:** Plug‑cut **herring** on a slow, staggered drop in 80–140 feet over structure when the wind allows.

- For shore folks chasing late coho or cutts, small **metal jigs, Buzz Bombs, and 3" paddle‑tails** in pearl or candlefish colors have been steady.

A couple of hot spots to circle on the chart:

- **Point No Point / Foulweather Bluff:** Classic winter chinook water. Work 120–180 feet on the edges of bait balls, especially on the afternoon ebb when that current starts to dig.

- **Tacoma Narrows / Point Evans area:** Heavy tide, but when it softens you’ll see chinook pinning bait on the ledges. Keep your gear tight to bottom and be ready to lose a few to the rocks.

Closer to town, the west side of **Alki down toward Restoration Point** is worth a troll on the morning flood, and **Possession Bar** continues to give up a mix of shakers and keepers if you grind.

With all the river color, don’t be shy about **glow, UV, and scent**. Shorten your leaders a bit in the chop to keep things under control, and run your downrigger balls just off bottom; these winter kings are belly‑to‑mud.

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Morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your Puget Sound fishing report. Conditions are shaping up with some wet weather in the area, thanks to back-to-back atmospheric rivers bringing rain and wind. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through Wednesday evening with south to southwest winds around 20-30 knots and rain throughout the day; seas will stay rough with waves around 2 feet, so be cautious if you head out on the water today.

Tiding in Puget Sound presents good opportunities with the next high tide peaking this morning near 9:26 AM PST at roughly 10.7 feet, followed by a low tide around 2:58 PM. Peak fishing times swing in with the lunar transit phases: early morning from about 6:45 to 8:45 AM and again in the evening from 7:24 to 9:24 PM. Minor activity windows appear just before noon and early evening as well. Sunrise is at 7:09 AM with sunset at roughly 4:38 PM, giving you a solid chunk of daylight for your fishing efforts.

The fish are active at several Puget Sound hotspots. Near Admiralty Inlet and the Central Sound, anglers report healthy bites on Coho salmon, which are more abundant right now than Chinook—the kings are still around but in smaller numbers. Dungeness crabbers along the Eastern Straits and Admiralty Inlet have been busy, but those crabber reports also hint at solid salmon activity in those waters.

For lure selection, trolling with brightly colored hoochie rigs—especially pink or chartreuse—is falling right into the fish’s feed zone for Coho salmon. Wiggle Hoochie lures and small spoons with a flash are excellent choices. If you’re bottom fishing, fresh herring or shrimp remains king bait for lingcod and rockfish, which are also plentiful around reefy structure in the Sound.

Two hot spots to focus your efforts today:

- **Point No Point**: Known for its schools of Coho and occasional Chinook, this spot benefits from tidal flows and holds good numbers of salmon alongside bottom species.

- **Blake Island area**: Great for aggressive salmon biting during incoming tides and excellent for bottom fishing rockfish and lingcod, especially around rocky outcrops.

Due to the ongoing stormy weather and the small craft advisory, remember to check your gear and safety equipment before heading out, and if conditions worsen, it’s always better to err on the side of caution.

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We’re riding big winter tides this week. Tideschart’s Puget Sound table shows a predawn low around minus two and a solid mid‑morning flood, with the best bite window lining up with that 6:45 to 8:45 a.m. major period and an evening push from about 7:24 to 9:24 p.m., which Tideschart also flags as prime fishing time. Work those beginning and end‑of‑movement windows and avoid slack.

Marine Weather from NOAA’s Puget Sound and Hood Canal forecast is calling for a Small Craft Advisory rolling into a Gale Warning later today. Expect stiff southerlies, building chop, and plenty of rain as the atmospheric river rolls through, with Fox 13 Seattle calling for near‑constant, occasionally heavy showers. Plan on low 40s, raw and wet. Sunrise is right around 7:50 a.m., sunset near 4:15 p.m., so it’s a short gray window to work with.

Despite the weather, fish activity’s decent for early winter. Resident blackmouth are showing in the usual haunts, with local chatter and recent Puget Sound charter reports talking about legal fish coming from mid‑water on the ebb. Troll 3‑ to 3.5‑inch spoons or hoochies behind an 11‑inch flasher; green/glow and UV white are putting fish in the box. Run gear 10–20 feet off bottom in 80–140 feet.

Squid are the other big story. A recent Bashi Fishing video from the Seattle water taxi pier showed steady daytime action on “banana” squid, four to five pounds in about an hour and a half, working jigs deep in 20 feet or more. With the dark skies, daytime squid from Edmonds, downtown Seattle piers, Alki, and the Tacoma waterfront are all in play. Go with size 2.5–3.0 jigs in pink, chartreuse, or glow, and keep that line tight so you can feel the tap.

On the bottom side, a few winter flounder and the odd dogfish are chewing sand flats off West Point and inside Elliott Bay. Simple high‑low rigs baited with clam, herring strips, or a bit of shrimp will keep the rod bending when salmon are quiet.

Best lures and baits today:

- For blackmouth: **UV green or Irish cream spoons**, white/green hoochies, 30–40 inch leaders, and a Pro‑Troll or similar flasher.

- For squid: **glow and pink jigs**, worked deep and slow with short hops.

- For pier mixed bag: **herring under a float** or jigging metal in 1–2 ounce sizes; tip with a bit of squid strip if you’ve got it.

A couple of hot spots to circle:

- **Possession Bar**: classic winter blackmouth structure. Work the east side on the flood, west edge on the ebb, staying tight to contour changes.

- **Edmonds Fishing Pier and Seattle Water Taxi pier**: solid bets for squid and the occasional bonus herring or juvenile salmon around the lights and pilings.

Water’s cold, wind’s up, but if you time the tides and hide from the worst of the gale, there’s still plenty of life in the Sound. Dress for a car wash, keep an eye on the marine forecast, and don’t push it in the small boats once that gale kicks.

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We’re riding a big winter tide swing this morning. The Seattle tide tables on Tides4Fishing show a strong flood peaking a little after sunrise with about a 12‑foot high, then easing to a mid‑day slack and another solid evening high. Those beefy exchanges push bait up onto the breaks and really light up the bite in the first couple hours of the flood and again right before that afternoon high.

Sunrise is right around 7:45 a.m. with sunset about 4:20 p.m. according to the Seattle tide and solunar chart, so your prime light windows are short and sweet. Major feeding period is early, roughly 6:45 to 8:45 a.m., with a minor bump around lunchtime and another good shot around dusk, again per the solunar outlook on TidesChart and Tides4Fishing.

Marine weather from the National Weather Service’s Puget Sound and Hood Canal zone has a Small Craft Advisory up. They’re calling for southwest wind 15 to 25 knots with gusts into the upper 20s this morning, easing to 10–20 this afternoon, waves around 2 feet and on‑and‑off rain. It’s fishy weather but sloppy, so trailer folks will want to tuck into the lee and keep an eye on that forecast.

On the salt, blackmouth and late coho have been the main game. Local chatter and shows like The Outdoor Line out of Seattle have been talking about decent winter chinook on the usual humps when tides line up, with the occasional hatchery coho still kicking around. Figure a mix of legal blackmouth with quite a few shakers; a handful of boats reporting a couple keepers each on the better mornings, plus bycatch flounder and the odd ling still closed for retention.

Best producers right now are the classics: 3.5‑inch spoons in Irish Cream, Herring Aid, or Cop Car behind an 11‑inch flasher in green/glow or moon jelly; or a cut‑plug or whole herring on a 6‑foot leader. Folks running hootchies are leaning on UV white or glow green with a 32‑ to 36‑inch leader. Keep it close to bottom for blackmouth and don’t be shy about tapping the mud.

For the pier and beach crowd, winter resident coho and sea‑run cutthroat are still a solid option. Smaller 2‑ to 2.5‑inch metal jigs, epoxy‑style minnows, and olive/white clousers on a sink‑tip are all putting up fish when the wind lays. Sand shrimp, squid strips, and herring pieces are taking a few off the piers along with shiner perch.

Crabbing is still a big draw in many areas. Gone Fishing Northwest has been hammering on Puget Sound Dungeness tips, and the theme holds: fresh salmon heads and carcasses, oily tuna in a bait jar, and long soaks on that flooding tide are filling buckets. Expect a mix of legal dungies and red rock with plenty of shorts.

A couple of hot spots to circle for today:

• Possession Bar – With that big morning flood and a bit of southwesterly pushing bait, the west and southeast edges should fish well for blackmouth. Work 90 to 140 feet, keep your gear in the bottom 10 feet, and watch your speed

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